THE SCIENCE FASCINATES ME
We’ve all heard the saying, “Does the falling tree still make noise if there is nobody there to witness it?” It’s a rather shallow suggestion that we cannot be sure the tree makes a noise without someone being present to hear it. Of course it is nonsense. The fact that there is nobody there to hear the sound does not mean it did not exist.
But when it comes to this session’s subject, the scientific evidence supports most everything the speaker has shared with us. The basis of their message is that colours don’t actually exist. The science backs that theory. What we see through our eyes is an interpretation. Bear with me on this for a moment!
Without spending too long trying to put this all in words, our brain interprets the signals it receives from the eyes and translates it to the pictures our mind sees. Light is reflected or absorbed by everything at millions of varying degrees.
There is no fixed number of colours we can see with our eyes, it varies from person to person. It can be as little as 1 million or as many as 100 million. There is no way of testing whether the colour I see is exactly the same as the colour you see. It comes down to our individual interpretations, based somewhat on the quality of our eyesight.
Colours are a result of the radiation of the objects energy and light being interpreted by our brains. We all, therefore, live in our own uniquely coloured worlds. Even this text is made up of thousands of varying shades of black and grey. Scan the text above and you can see light and dark areas, subtle but there. What you see is your interpretation.
Personally, I find this entire subject as truly fascinating. I was delighted that this speaker chose this subject, though my own mind kept wanting to interrupt and share what I already knew!